It would appear that B&N is having an issue with it's servers this weekend. I'm unable to get new content to download in both Nook for PC and NookStudy. It won't even show up in the library for Nook for PC. I tried logging out and logging in and got the 1017 error "We've encountered a network error - please try again. (Sign in: 1017)".

Hopefully this is a temporary problem as in the past where it clears in a day or two. However, I am somewhat concerned due to B&N actions regarding the download button from the website. agarcia please tell me this isn't forced obsolescense on B&N part.

agarcia, has B&N done something with the NookforPC and NookStudy apps?

It's now Tuesday and I still can't utilize either Nook for PC nor NookStudy on either my WinXP or Win7 machines. However, I can get into my account on my Win8 machine running Nook for PC. I find this very strange, as they are all hooked to the same network.

Hi Kamas, we did have a minor server issue over the weekend - however that was effecting Shop functions on our NOOK devices. As far as these apps, we haven't touched them in any way for some time now. I know it's probably not much help - but I'd try a complete uninstall/reinstall of the app first.

I'm having no problem. In fact I just downloaded the daily Chicago Tribune to Nook for PC (Windows 7) because I get an error on my Android phone ("This item is unavailable at this time. Please try again later.").

Odd. I've been having no problems. Since the elimination of the Download feature I've been using Nook for PC to download a copy of every book I "buy" (been getting a bunch of the free Open Road Media classics lately). Everything has downloaded just fine, on two separate PC's.

Then launch Nook for PC, and input your email and password. (Be sure you use your B&N password, not your email account password.) I found it took maybe five minutes of "Connecting to server" to set up again and load my library information. Probably more with a larger library, less if you only have a few books. That is not counting the time to actually download books, of course.

I tried it last night and it still won't update. I don't get an error message. It acts like it's synching, but no new books download. The arrow spins, but nothing happens.

I'm too afraid to delete any folders from the c drive in case I lose years worth of downloaded books. I'm not a fan of the read on the web feature. I tried it a couple of times and I couldn't get it to work for me.

I might try logging in & logging out when I get home from work to see if that does anything.

Well, today Nook for PC isn't working on any of the computers (XP, Win7 and Win8). I had opened it on the Win8 machine this morning and archived several eBooks, but when I started my wife's Nook HD, all of the stuff still showed active. I tried opening Nook for PC on the XP and Win7 machines, but still wouldn't connect. I tried NookStudy and it won't connect either. I then went back to the Win8 machine and it showed the books in the archive, but when I went to the active library it wouldn't load.

I'm not sure how B&N has their stuff set up, but I'm thinking they have different people on different servers. I'm wondering if the server that my account is trying to connect to is having difficulty.

Try creating a new dummy account. Use a different email address but the same credit card info. Download some free books or magazines. If that all works, that's pretty good proof that there is something wrong with your original account in the servers. If it doesn't work, that's suggestive of the app or maybe your credit card being the cause, but that's a weaker inference.

Prior to that, the Nook for PC would not sync or update new purchases.

I did rename the folder that contained my Nook purchase, and that is still showing up in my documents, but the newly downloaded software will not allow me to log in with my existing account without giving me the error message above.

FWIW, I installed Nook for PC on a Win 7 laptop that I had never installed on before and it work fine, no signin errors, downloads and reads books fine. The only error I'm getting is that some magazines and newspapers won't download, but I think that's expected? Because they aren't epub or pdf format?

They are actually epub files but they are "enhanced" content, where you can switch back and forth between Page View (basically photo images of the newspaper or magazine as printed) and Article View (readable text). Nook for PC cannot handle those. Likewise comics, manga, graphic novels.

I can access Nook for PC win 7 on my work computer, but the Nook for PC -- again Win 7 -- on my home computer stopped updating about a month ago. So, I tried signing out, but once I tried to sign back in again, it told me "We've encountered a network error - please try again. (Sign in: 1017)". I've deleted the "My Barnes & Noble ebooks" file from My Documents. I've deleted the Barnes and Noble file from the Roaming folder. I've uninstalled and reinstalled multiple times. I've made sure B&N is one of the exceptions to my firewall. I turned off my firewall.

I don't get error codes; I just don't get my books: NOOKForPC won't load existing or download ANY NOOK books, though it will allow me to read the Daily Digest. NOOKStudy will read sideloaded books but will neither allow me to read existing nor download new NOOK books from the NOOK Store.

I haven't tried the apps on locations other than on the laptop where I originally loaded those apps. It's on my to-do list to load the apps on an older desktop and laptop, to see what happens, but I haven't made the time to do so yet. Additionally, since I'll be replacing my 2012 laptop within the next month or so, I'll soon have to test how well those apps will work on Windows 10, or whatever version is loaded on the replacement laptop.

I just downloaded a book to Nook for PC, and it worked for now. I think it's a hit and miss issue. It's really a shame because this has been going on for quite some time. If people can't get their books, they won't be buying from B&N.